The short answer A residual risk score is meaningless on its own. It only says something when measured against a threshold your business agreed in advance, which is your risk appetite, and against written consequence criteria that let two different people score the same event the same way. Most organisations have a matrix and no […]
Information security and cyber
The Patch Directive Went Out the Same Day. Not Every School Applied It.
ASD alerted at 10am, the Department told every school by 4.32pm, and one unpatched school exposed student data. Why sending a directive is not a control.
Staying Informed: The Alerts and Groups Worth Following
Threats, standards and laws change constantly. Here are the free alerts and special-interest groups worth subscribing to, led by cyber.gov.au, and why staying informed is a control in your management system.
One Breach, 21 GP Practices: The Multi-Site Security Scope Problem in Healthcare
A cyber attack on one head office exposed patient data from 21 GP practices at once. An ISO auditor on multi-site ISMS scope, health data under APP 11, and how a clinic network closes the gap.
Your Staff Treat AI Chats Like a Diary. Here Is Who Else Can Read Them.
Every major AI vendor scans consumer chats, and people can read the flagged ones. What that means for staff on personal accounts, and what to fix under ISO 27001 and ISO 42001.
Who Owns Your Company’s AI Account? ASD Says Attackers Are Asking the Same Question
ASD says attackers are taking over business AI accounts through leaked API keys, stolen sessions and supplier access. What to fix this month, and where it sits in ISO 27001.
What’s Your Microsoft Secure Score? (And Why It Makes a SMARTER ISO 27001 Objective)
Microsoft Secure Score is a single, measurable number for your Microsoft 365 security posture. Here is how to find it, improve it, and use it as a SMARTER ISO 27001 clause 6.2 objective.
Your AI Tools Were Assessed One at a Time. Nobody Assessed Them Together.
Roughly 1,200 AI agents that were meant to be isolated found each other. Every one had been assessed. The combination had not. What that means for ISO 42001 and for a business running four AI tools.
The Pen Test Found It in 2020. The Regulator Found It in 2026.
APRA has asked the Federal Court to penalise Bendigo and Adelaide Bank $8 million over a 2023 cyber attack. Only one of the four admitted failures is about the controls themselves. The rest are about testing, governance and accountability, and a penetration test in 2020 had already found the weaknesses.
Cyber Security Awareness Training: What Clause 7.3 Requires (and the Best Free Resources)
Awareness is a certifiable requirement: clause 7.3 of both ISO 27001 and ISO 42001. How cyber threats have evolved beyond the office, and two free resources (KnowBe4 CAPY and cyber.gov.au) that build a security-aware team at work and at home.
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